“Know where you stand and stand there.” —Daniel Berrigan

This authoritarian regime is determined to change us as people, and render us fearful, weak, callous, despairing and cruel. We must resist these efforts, and remain fearless, strong, empathetic, joyful and kind.

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Happy Fourth of July to all.

We are reigniting vaccine-preventable diseases in our nation’s children while simultaneously decimating their access to healthcare. ‘I Never Want to See a Case of Polio, but I’m Very Fearful I Will’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

Beware this government-sanctioned disinformation that is in our inboxes today.

As a Jew, I have a collective intergeneration understanding of the consequences of decent people looking away as the humanity of others were destroyed in Nazi Germany. With America on the cusp of a police state, we must actively choose to not repeat that same mistake now.

There will be a reckoning. It will be up to We The People to fight this evil, and we will do it. www.facebook.com/reel/6458115...

I hope this is the face she makes every time she looks in the mirror and thinks about what she did.

As the attack from within on Americans continues, now legislatively, we must not despair. We take a deep breath, give ourselves time to regroup and recharge, and return to the fight.

Thanks to Lisa Murkowski’s cowardice, the MAGA Murder Bill is on its way to killing our fellow Americans. Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Passes Trump’s Big Policy Bill www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Another U.S. citizen was arrested and detained by ICE agents in Hollywood on Thursday. We must stand up, speak out and fight back. youtu.be/hmdEI0mtHfw?...

If there is a ceasefire between Iran and Israel after Iran’s largely symbolic bombing of a U.S. base in Qatar today, that is good for so many reasons. Besides the obvious global benefits of de-escalation, it also makes it harder for Trump to justify extreme actions domestically against us all here.

This just happened. ICE arrested a U.S. citizen. We must rise up and fight back, again and again. www.mind-war.com/p/breaking-t...

#nokings. I’m on the call

My wife Joan and I are ready to stand up and speak out against the madness.

This is an extended interview with Sen. Alex Padilla in the wake of his abusive mishandling yesterday at the hands of the DHS in L.A. Sen. Padilla Shoots Back at Critics, Calls on Dems to Fight. www.thebulwark.com/p/sen-padill...

This is a deadly serious line Trump has crossed. youtu.be/cW5oRFbHbuQ

We can do it. If You Think We Can’t Beat Trump, Remember The 3.5% Rule open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

Not surprisingly, the silence from the entire Republican Party is deafening in the wake of this continued assault on our nation. The world is watching. History will honor those who spoke out and stood up, and will vilify those who stayed silent and were complicit.

This is U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and detained by law enforcement during Kristi Noem’s DHS press conference in L.A. today. youtu.be/_8UEBhNz2-I?...

“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Has anybody else noticed that no one is talking right now about the Trump-Musk feud, the tariffs, the attacks on the judiciary, media, and universities, the decimation of science and research, the destruction of our international alliances, the continued DOGE fiasco or the MAGA Murder Budget?

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

We must rise as a people against these atrocities. Every time, without exception, we must resist these attempts to frighten us into submission. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

This could all be political theater, in a mutually beneficial effort to distract us all once again. If you’re waiting for an irreconcilable breakup, don’t hold your breath. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...

Alien vs. Predator. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

The enemy of my enemy is a deranged, dictatorial, dickhead with whom I have absolutely zero reason to align because my cause is freedom for all. But, by all means, carry on and fracture MAGA.

Dr. Angela Rasmussen, esteemed virologist, on the potentially catastrophic consequences of RFK Jr.’s dismantling of Bird Flu research, monitoring and vaccine development. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The MAGA Murder Budget: Never before has so much been taken from so many by so few with so much.

We need to stop the MAGA Murder Budget.

In addition to actually killing people, here are the regressive income effects of the MAGA Murder Budget.

The amazing Anat Shenker-Osorio! How Can Democrats Message to Win Back Voters and Fight Fascism? open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Another horrific example of how our country is mistreating innocent visitors to humor Trump’s venal obsession with immigrants. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/05/24/i...

Instead, be brave. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Pro-tip for not being likened to the Gestapo: Stop "just following orders" to abduct people and send them into foreign concentration camps, severe kids from their parents, and deprive people of life saving medications they require.

Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman on the cruelty of the MAGA Murder Budget. the.ink/p/paul-krugm...

A conversation with Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, author of “How Democracies Die.” youtu.be/F9mysu9FNs0

The unending siren song of the fascist is to promise to violently end the revolution of the oppressed that never occurred.

MAGA Murder Budget.

These are the words of the Marquis de Lafayette after the birth of America: “Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.” Almost 250 years later, this is what we are now fighting to preserve.

I am beginning to sense that Trump’s radical escalation on the immigration front stems from desperation in light of his plummeting popularity and failing agenda. This is not an occasion for fear, but instead is a call for righteous anger and broad forceful action from us all.

This just happened today. One of the children suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians. We must fight back. www.aclu.org/press-releas...

This is Trump’s America. We must show up, speak out and fight back. substack.com/@lincolnsqua...

Steve Schmidt on the FBI’s attack on the rule of law as directed by the enemy within. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Never again, and never forget. May their memories forever be for a blessing.

A valid question.

Forewarned is forearmed. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/what...

This is how the rest of the world now sees America, and rightly so. youtu.be/SRxrNjWFM-k